Amtrak 546 passes Alviso just after sunset with an F59 on the rear.

Amtrak San Joaquin train arrives in Bakersfield with a train made up of Amtrak California Comet cars and one horizon car.

Capital Corridor service rolls out of SAC.

CDTX 2015 leads this afternoon's edition of Amtrak 717 as the four-car San Joaquin pauses at the Amtrak Modesto Station for its work. In the background, the recently moved ATSF 2921 sits quietly w... (more)

An Amtrak California Capitol Corridor train skits the scenic San Pablo Bay at Pinole on a fine afternoon.

San Jose-bound Capitol Corridor #537 trots past the famous California & Hawaiian Sugar Company pure cane sugar plant in Crockett.

Just after sunset, CDTX 2015 hustles the Auburn-bound Capitol Corridor train across the Yolo Causeway near Davis, California. The "majestic" Sacramento skyline stands tall on this warm s... (more)

A light but steady rain gives everything a bit of a shine at night as this Amtrak California San Joaquins or Capitol Corridor train makes its station stop in Oakland.

A double-ended Capitol heads north out of the Silicon Valley, towards Sacramento. AMTK 503, a Phase-V P32-8BWH, is pulling on the north end for an unknown reason.

Panning shot of CDTX 2015 as it heads north through the salt flats of Alviso, just north of the Silicon Valley. Note the "Repower" decals on the side showing-off the unit's recent rebuild.

CDTX 2015 pushed its train north towards Newark as it crosses the salt flats north of Alviso. Note the special decals on the side; this locomotive received the EMD Repower treatment a few months ... (more)

An empty oil tanker heads for the refineries while an Eastbound Capitol skirts the Carquinez Straits, with Interstate 80 soaring high above.

The lone green-striped 710ECO rebuilt Amtrak California F59PHI rests at Amtrak Oakland's Kirkham Street Facility awaiting some TLC maintenance time. The State of California and Amtrak are currentl... (more)

After surprising my mom on Mothers Day, I caught some Amtrak action in Jack London Square.. My old stomping grounds. #529 rolls into town from Auburn with the ECO F59PHI leading.

You're lost! Due to diamond replacement at Niles Junction, Southbound Capitol Corridor Train 727 has been detoured down the Coast Subdivision, and skips the Hayward stop. It's shown splitti... (more)